The origins of unhappiness : a new understanding of personal distress / David Smail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smail, D. J. (David John), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Depression, Mental.

Melancholy.

Sadness.

Emotions.

Affective disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 p.)

Edition:

1st

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

It is the main argument of this book that emotional and psychological distress is often brought about through the operation of social-environmental powers which have their origin at a considerable distance from those ultimately subjected to them. On the whole, psychology has concerned itself very little with the field of power which stretches beyond our immediate relations with each other, and this has led to serious limitations on the explanatory power of the theories it has produced. To illustrate this, typical cases of patient distress in the 1980's are examined. The decade when the right...

Contents:

COVER; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1: Psychology and Distress - The Story So Far; 2: 'When I was Little' - The Experience of Power; 3: Bodies and Worlds - The Field of Power; 4: Case Study: The 1980's; 5: Help; 6: A Rational Faith; Appendix; Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: London: HarperCollins, 1993.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 8, 2015).

ISBN:

0-429-92163-2

0-429-90740-0

0-429-48263-9

1-78241-394-4

9780429482632

OCLC:

918998725